Improved folding-bedstead



JOHN MLLER, OF PHILADELPHIA, PENNSYLVANIA.

Laim Patent No. 88,977, dated April 13,- 1869.

IMPROVED FOLDING-BEDSTEAD.

-To all whom it ma/y concern Be it known that I, JOHN MLLER, of the city and county of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, have invented certain new and useful Improvements vin Bedsteads; and I do hereby declare the following to be a full, clear, and exact description thereof, sufficient to enable those skilled in tbe art to which my invention appertains, to fully understand the same, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, forming'part of this specfication, and in which- Figure 1 is a transverse sectional view, taken in the line a: x, fig. 2, one leg being shown in section, through the line z z, in g. 3;

Figure 2 is an inverted plan view of my bedstead; and v -Figure 3 is a detached sectional view, the plane of section being indicated by the line y y, g. 1. My invention consists in the construction and arrangement of parts, as hereinafter more fully described.

In the drawings, similar letters of reference indicate corresponding parts in the several figures.

The frame A, which supports the bedding, is, in this Y instance, made in two sections, A A, connected together by hinges a. a, so that it may be folded up for convenience in transportation.

I wish it understood, however, that my other improvements (to be hereinafter described) may be applied to frames which are not adaptedto be folded.

Iv have shown my bed-bottom, composed of longitudinal slats b, iixed in the end-pieces of the ame A, as clearly shown in g. 2.

These slats may be either round or dat, and they may be made of ilexible wood, so as to form an elastic, or spring-bed bottom.

These slats are permanently fixed, to prevent the entrance of vermin.

.pivoted to the inner faces ofthe side-pieces of the frame A, so that they may be turned up, ont of the way, in packing the bedstead for transportation. A

The legs C may be made hollow, as shown in figs.

Y*Il and 2, to receive a cylindrical wooden block d, which projects upward.

In each block d is set a projecting-pin, or rod e, Whose upper portion is screw-threaded.

These blocks el t holes, made through the corners ofthe frame A, and the rods c are screwed transversely into nuts j, which areembcdded in the sidepieces g of the head and foot-boards of the bedstead.

A modification of this fastening (especially applicable to trundle-bedsteads) consists in providing the end-pieces g with .projections-d, and screw-rods e, and embedding the nuts f in the legs. I

To render the bedstead still more f1rm, I prefer to connect the head and foot-boards with the frame A, by means of hooks and eyes, as shown in g. l, or their equivalents.

I desire to state that this mode of fastening the legs Vall the parts packed together in a small compass.

To put up'thc bedstead, the manipulation above described, is reversed.

Constructed as above described, a neat, simple, and durable bedstead is produced, which is not liable to get out of order, and which may, if desired, vbe made lin cheap style. y

rIhe facility with which the bedstead may be taken apart, packed in a small compass, and transported, is among its chief advantages.

y I am aware that the parts of bedsteads have been connected together by means of screws, working through embedded nuts, therefore, I do not claim this feature.

I am also' aware that the mattress-frame has been held between the head and the foot-boards or sections, and the legs, by means of screws fixed in the upper ends of said legs, and screwed through said mattressframe, into the head and foot-boards, or sections, as in' my case, therefore, I do notclaim thisfeature; but

What I do claim, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is

The combination of the detachable head and footboards, the legs G, and the folding-frame A Af, braced by a removable cross-bar, B, hung in pivoted eyes c, and provided with slats,'for supporting the mattress, all substantially as herein described.

JOHN MLLER. Witnesses:

Vieron HAGMANN, HENRY FRIEDRICH. 

